Leah M
@empawsebskysocial.bsky.social
Span, Fr, Eng pre-, hi- & postmodern. Whatever it is, Cervantes saw it coming. Director, Oregon Humanities Center. Deep interest in poetry; deepening interests in vis. art, perf. art. Current pivot: Velázquez, 80s feminisms and the NY art scene.
As a lit prof, I can't resist amplifying this one as a brilliant example of why close reading matters. As a an early modern *Spanish* prof, I present to you the frame for a new course on Maria de Zayas. #closereading #GoldenAge #mariadezayas
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As a lit prof, I can't resist amplifying this one as a brilliant example of why close reading matters. As a an early modern *Spanish* prof, I present to you the frame for a new course on Maria de Zayas. #closereading #GoldenAge #mariadezayas
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Let's talk about the solidarity, self-knowledge, and brilliance Rose Lavelle showed, letting Jaedyn Shaw take that final free kick for Gotham FC. Women's football at its absolute best. Love love love this game.
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Let's talk about the solidarity, self-knowledge, and brilliance Rose Lavelle showed, letting Jaedyn Shaw take that final free kick for Gotham FC. Women's football at its absolute best. Love love love this game.
Just saying...grounding the 1 in 6 flights that are private sounds like the low hanging fruit here...
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These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown
Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just saying...grounding the 1 in 6 flights that are private sounds like the low hanging fruit here...
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...
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I’m pretty sure winning a slam dunk lawsuit against this criminal extortion would have been cheaper than dropping $60m during a bad budget crunch. They didn’t cave to pressure. They collaborated with the regime and sold out their students and staff.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’m pretty sure winning a slam dunk lawsuit against this criminal extortion would have been cheaper than dropping $60m during a bad budget crunch. They didn’t cave to pressure. They collaborated with the regime and sold out their students and staff.
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Laura Kerr : The Enduring Idea, Part 2: A Living Poem
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Laura Kerr : The Enduring Idea, Part 2: A Living Poem
Laura Kerr is an award-winning Canadian visual artist and poet. In 2012, she was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jub...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Laura Kerr : The Enduring Idea, Part 2: A Living Poem
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/laur...
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Too good not to share
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Too good not to share
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It cannot be stressed enough how important mutual aid networks are about to become. These will be tantamount to replacing the cut benefits in the coming weeks. Reach out within your communities. Build connections, talk to people. Ask how you can help each other. When we build solidarity, we win!
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It cannot be stressed enough how important mutual aid networks are about to become. These will be tantamount to replacing the cut benefits in the coming weeks. Reach out within your communities. Build connections, talk to people. Ask how you can help each other. When we build solidarity, we win!
It was millions, okay? Not thousands. Millions.
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It was millions, okay? Not thousands. Millions.
I love this so much. Keep shining Gen Z.
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I love this so much. Keep shining Gen Z.
Hood River, OR shows up. Proud, loud, and joyous.
October 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Hood River, OR shows up. Proud, loud, and joyous.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
Can these people hear themselves?
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Can these people hear themselves?
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More scenes from the front, in war-torn Portland! These terrorists must be stopped! 😊🐈⬛🦋
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
October 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
More scenes from the front, in war-torn Portland! These terrorists must be stopped! 😊🐈⬛🦋
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter
September 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter
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Go to indivisible.org to find your nearest NO KINGS protest on Oct. 18. Let the world know how many of us choose democracy. OCTOBER 18th! Bring a kazoo.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Go to indivisible.org to find your nearest NO KINGS protest on Oct. 18. Let the world know how many of us choose democracy. OCTOBER 18th! Bring a kazoo.
Last great prose read of the season. Great, dizzying satisfying finish (w/cameo appearance by Las Meninas!) to a summer of lusciously sinking into novels: Another Country, To The Lighthouse, Orbital, plus 3-4 of my old Sara Paretskys sprinkled in for good measure.
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Last great prose read of the season. Great, dizzying satisfying finish (w/cameo appearance by Las Meninas!) to a summer of lusciously sinking into novels: Another Country, To The Lighthouse, Orbital, plus 3-4 of my old Sara Paretskys sprinkled in for good measure.
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Meanwhile, at the University of Chicago... www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...
August 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meanwhile, at the University of Chicago... www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...
College newspapers are doing a terrific job of reporting on the summer attacks on humanities departments and tenure lines (yea Chicago Maroon!). The Daily Emerald discusses plans now taking shape at the U of O. If you know a donor, parent, or trustee, let them know?
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UO to reportedly cut multiple language programs amid university wide budget deficit - Daily Emerald
Deans and department heads at the University of Oregon are under mounting pressure to identify budget cuts amidst a university wide budget deficit. The cuts have led to multiple rounds of layoffs in r...
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August 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
College newspapers are doing a terrific job of reporting on the summer attacks on humanities departments and tenure lines (yea Chicago Maroon!). The Daily Emerald discusses plans now taking shape at the U of O. If you know a donor, parent, or trustee, let them know?
dailyemerald.com/168880/featu...
dailyemerald.com/168880/featu...
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Wise words from Weidluch et al: Useful evaluations of ChatGPT's effects on learning require careful design: compare whatever ChatGPT is doing (e.g., personalization) to an equivalent control condition (e.g, a human doing that) & focus on authentic outcome variables #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
ChatGPT in Education: An Effect in Search of a Cause
Background As researchers rush to investigate the potential of AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance learning, well-documented pitfalls threaten the validity of this emerging research. Issues of media co...
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August 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Wise words from Weidluch et al: Useful evaluations of ChatGPT's effects on learning require careful design: compare whatever ChatGPT is doing (e.g., personalization) to an equivalent control condition (e.g, a human doing that) & focus on authentic outcome variables #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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What is happening in the UK? What is in the water there?
August 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What is happening in the UK? What is in the water there?
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As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.